ThiruviNNagarappan Paasurams by Kaliyan : PartXX( Periya Thirumozhi: 6.3.4)

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of ThiruviNNagarappan :

 

In the previous Paasuram , Thirumangai brought to the attention of

the Lord , the circumstances under which he ran to the Lord's side

for rescue : " MaanEy nOkku nallAr mathi pOl muhatthu ulavum

OonEy kaNN vaaLikku udainthu Ottanthu UnnadainthEn " .

AzhwAr confessed that he was afraid of being overtaken by

the eyes of beautiful women , which would hit him as arrows

and decommission him from his upAsanaa of the Lord . To escape these

powerful arrows , AzhwAr admitted that he ran in great haste and

arrived at the Lord's sacred feet for protection against them .

 

ThiruviNNagarappan laughed and asked AzhwAr a question : " Namm

Kaliyaa ! You say that you ran to Me because of fear about the effect of

the glances of the beautiful women , which would have the effect of

powerful arrows on you . What if you were held under their sway ? Are

you concerneed that the blissful anubhavam of Mine as Your Lord

and amrutham ( kOnAy thEnAna Yenn anubhavam ) will escape you ?

You could have surely gained it a little later after enjoying that

SiRRinbham . Did you consider that possibility ? AzhwAr was upset

by the Lord's teasing and expained with all sincerity the dangers

that would have befallen him , had he followed that path :

 

sAnthEnthu men-mulayAr taDam thOL puNar inbha veLLatthu

AazhnthEn aru-narahatthu azhunthum payan padaitthEn

pOnthEn PuNNIyanE Unnai yeythi yenn thee-vinaikaL

theernthEn NinnadainthEn ThiruviNNagarAnE - - - Periya Thirumozhi : 6.3.4

 

(Meaning ) : Oh ThiruviNNagarappA ! in the past , adiyEn did indeed immerse

myself in the flood of aanandham that resulted from embracing the broad

shouldered ladies adorned with red sandal paste on their breasts as

decoration . adiyEn created for myself the phalan of falling in

the fearsome narakams for a long time due to my chasing of such

siRRinbham and forgetting You and our relationship . Oh PuNya Moorthy !

adiyEn avoided this trap and rushed instead towards You through

the development of Svaroopa Jn~Nam , VivEkam and VairAgyam .

After reaching Your sacred feet , all my sins got burnt down

without trace just as a bale of cotton that fell inside roaring fire .

adiyEn has become pure ( Suddhan) and have clung to Your sacred

Thiruvadi as my parama prApyam and ultimate PurushArTam .

 

Special Notes : Thirumangai recognizes women as MangaLa Moorthys .

There is no dhOsham that he attributes to them . He recognizes their

soundharyam and worries about his weaknesses . Thirumangai performs

upadEsam as an AchAryan for us and points out that we have to recognize

our dhOshams and stay away from temptations that would land us in

places other than the Lord' sacred feet . Once we develop VairAgyam ,

ThiruviNagarappan will do the rest and get us to his KshEthram ; the rest

of the path in the efforts to gain Moksham is rendered easy for us

by Him .

 

In the next three Paasurams , Thirumangai declares his vow not to seek

any other gods except ThiruviNNagarappan for His rakshaNam . He resoundingly

declares : " MaRROr dhaivam yeNNEn , Dhaivam piRithu aRiyEn , MaRROr

dhaivam thEREn Unnai allAl " . Oh Vaikunta Naatha giving Your MangaLa

darsanam at Your dhivya dEsam of ThiruviNNagar in ChOLa dEsam !

When are You going to bless me with the boon of nithya Vaasam

in Your supreme abode of Sri Vaikuntam ? Sathya KaamA ! Sathya SankalpA !

GuNa PoorNA ! Please guide me in a way that the fruits of my SaraNAgathy

are realized .

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: